Facebook could owe you money as a result of a recent image use settlement

Back in October, Facebook settled a class action lawsuit for $20 million dollars over user images being used in advertising. You may have a claim to part of that $20 million. Do not get too excited however, because as many as 150 million other users are entitled to part of it as well.

To lay official claim to your portion of the settlement, you or your child had a Facebook account with a Facebook Sponsored Story featured, and Facebook must have used your images in that featured post. If you are one of the "lucky" ones, you may be entitled to a payment of less than $10 from the social networking giant.

Chances are that no individual will see a single dime from the settlement though as a clause in the class action settlement states that if too many people are found to be valid claim holders, the settlement funds will be donated to several charities. This is because it would be too costly to send a check for $1 to 200 million (give or take) different people.